[AT] Thanks!

SKIP CLEVELAND skipcleveland at cfl.rr.com
Thu Oct 8 09:43:04 PDT 2009


I have a weed eater that won't run without the choke being on if you hang it on end from the string head. Set it on the floor for a 
week and it runs just fine.
The two stroke gods don't like it being hung in effigy, I guess.
Skip

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Thanks!


>I have a Homelight chainsaw maybe 6 or 8 years old that has less than
> an hours use that doesn't start. I "could" fix it I just don''t want
> to... I used it 15 minutes and a flimsy crappy plastic oil flow
> adjustment part broke. When I bought a replacement part (actually I
> bought two) the dealer had already ordered a batch of them in and said
> that they were breaking left and right.  After I used it a second time
> it became hard to start and ran poorly. It came in the stupidest case
> I ever saw. It was  made so that any water that fell on the top was
> directed into the plastic case. They "shingled" it the wrong way... I
> couldn't even leave it in the back of the truck on the way home from
> the woods if it was raining. I have never even sharpened the chain
> (one of those tri-rakers) on it. I keep it sitting where I can see it
> as I walk by to remind me to never buy another. I have several small
> Poulan saws that I have worn out multiple chains and bars on
> completely trouble free. None of their cases have ever leaked either.
> I currently have a small Echo that I really love for light stuff
> (limbing) and a Poulan Pro for larger stuff (logs). Both are trouble
> free.
> Even though I used to work on chainsaws for part of my living I really
> detest working on them other than grinding chains and leveling bars. I
> still do a tiny bit of that for $$$. For string trimmers I have a 12
> pound sledge and a dumpster...   :-)
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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